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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Beware: Phishers going after iTunes
Phishers are a pretty sneaky bunch within the hacker community.
They’ve gone after Internet mainstays such as eBay and PayPal. CNET says they’re now targeting iTunes.
Phishing is an attempt to acquire sensitive information like passwords, user names and other details by masquerading as a trustworthy company or organization. Typically it’s done by email.
This time they’re creating a bogus site that looks like an iTunes billing page, asking for current credit card information. They certainly have a large customer base to attack, with iTunes huge popularity.
Apple usually isn’t the target of the hacker community. But these guys aren’t really rebelling against anything. They’re just trying to steal your identity.
A couple of quick hits:
President is allowing Americans to send cellphones to Cuba. Sounds great. The question is: Will they even work.
AT&T says it broke its text-message record for American Idol this season with 78 million from voters for their favorite contestant. This season’s idol was the rocker, David Cook. Old record: 64.5 million.
